Humans, including children [7], can describe mechanisms using whatever knowledge and information they have . That is they often switch between dynamic and kinematic descriptions depending on th e information available to them . Furthermore, they seem to perform such reasonings subconsciously . For instance, they can describe how meshed gear trains work by just addressing how rotationa l velocit...

In this paper we derive and analyze a discontinuous stabilizing feedback for a Lie algebraic generalization of a class of kinematic nonholonomic systems introduced by Brockett. The algorithm involves discrete switching between isospectral and norm-decreasing ows. We include a rigorous analysis of the convergence. 1. Introduction. In this paper we present a stabilization algorithm for a Lie

We present an analysis of the spatial covariance structure of an articulated motion prior in which joint angles have a known covariance structure. From this, a well-known, but often ignored, deficiency of the kinematic skeleton representation becomes clear: spatial variance not only depends on limb lengths, but also increases as the kinematic chains are traversed. We then present two similar Ga...

We calculate the shape of the photon spectrum for B → Xs + γ decay in the presence of a background chromomagnetic field for the case of SU(2) gauge group. The effect of the external field resembles the Zeeman effect the parton model peak is split into two slightly assymetric peaks, located around the kinematic endpoint. We investigate the analytic properties of the spectrum and calculate the to...

This paper deals with coordinated tasks for mobile nonholonomic manip-ulators. The systems are composed of a nonholonomic mobile platform and a simple kinematic chain holonomic arm. First, concepts such that redundancy and singular conngurations are deened. Then, reduced diierential models are introduced. It is then possible to work with a set of independant task coordinates. Applications follo...

new structural, metamorphic, finite strain and kinematic vorticity data for granitic gneiss and metavolcano-sedimentary rocks of thetanumaharea in the arabian shield in saudi arabia reveal a history of deformation reflecting different tectonic regimes. kinematic analysis shows their relationship to the nappe contacts between the granitic gneiss and metavolcano-sedimentary rocks and explains the...

background: patellofemoral pain syndrome (pfps) is one of the most frequent causes of anterior knee pain in adolescents and adults. this disorder can have a big effect on patients’ ability and quality of life and gait.   methods: this review included all articles published during 1990 to 2016. an extensive literature search was performed in databases of science direct, google scholar, pubmed an...

Three case studies are presented of slepton pair production followed by two-body or quasi-two-body decays at a muon collider. Precision mass measurements are possible using a variety of kinematic fitting methods. Standard Model and supersymmetric backgrounds are easily controlled by kinematic cuts. In all three cases it appears that detector resolutions, not backgrounds or statistics, will domi...